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Old 6th October 2009 | 11:51
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mixture
 
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Nothing beats a good quality CAT5e or CAT6 network. Certainly not wireless and almost certainly not "homeplug" type devices.

Electrical cables were never meant to carry data.

Because I want to be sure I won't have fried network cards (or worse) in event of electrical storm if I run cables under ground between two separate buildings with different ground potential.
Personally, I would go with fibre and media converters. Also, I'm sure you know this, but don't use standard cable for external applications, get something with a tougher shell (sorry, the correct word escapes me at the moment !) ... either that or encase it in something... your own mini-duct.

Might not be as expensive as you may think. Just needs more care during install, and if self-installing, use pre-terminated fibre, don't try DIY fibre termination unless you've done it many times over and got the correct fusing/testing etc. kit.

Finally, if you are insistent on copper based cable between buildings, you might want to look at shielded cable.

But don't quote me on the legalities/safety .... I'm not a sparkie, and as I made clear above, for me, once something leaves a building it's pretty much fibre or nothing (unless someone else like BT is installing and taking the blame for a copper solution )
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